On Monday January 27, a little known Chinese start-up called DeepSeek sent shockwaves and panic through Silicon Valley and the global stock market with the launch of their generative artificial intelligence(AI) model that rivals the models of tech giants like OpenAI, Meta and Google. It’s AI assistant became the no. 1 downloaded app in the U.S., surprising an industry that assumed only big Western companies could dominate AI.
Q&A: How DeepSeek is changing the AI landscape
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